It often seems that a lean, agile development environment will always be at odds with the structure and constraints of the PMO. However, the agile PMO can bridge the gap between PMBOK process flows and CMM best practices and help organisations to carry…
So many sales organisations keep pushing the same sales approach even when it only meets limited success. When 58% of sales people fail to meet targets maybe it is time to consider changing your sales approach?
How often do we hear project managers complaining that they have been set-up to fail. If you’re like me then quite often. I am sure that most organisations want their project managers to succeed. If this is true where does the “set-up to fail” idea com…
The Project Management Maturity Matrix is a four level matrix designed to help organisations improve the maturity of their project management processes, in terms of an evolutionary path from ad-hoc, disorganised processes to mature, disciplined project…
Today many organisations have decided to move their operations offshore to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. The cost savings offshore are considerable but the headline saving is only a small part of equation. Having spoken to many project man…
How can you make sure you invest your training money, time and effort wisely and get the long term results you want? Find out with this guide distilled from personal experience and best practice from The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligenc…
It is common for organisations to undertake projects, however most do not employ full time Project Managers and it is common to pull together a project team to address a specific need. While most people are not formally skilled in project methodology, …
Today, public and private organisations around the world are adopting project management approaches. In the developed countries organisations of all sizes see this as a new discipline that is replacing many traditional management tools and techniques,…
The communication plan like the project plan is a necessary part of the project. However, when thinking of the project manager’s role in communication planning, organisations and project teams too often think solely of the documents that establish the …
Formal chartering may be the step most frequently overlooked by organisations when beginning projects. Root cause analysis of project failures often identifies poor vision or lack of a charter as a key reason projects go awry or are cancelled. Knowing …